Australian Alps : Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks / Deirdre Slattery.
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TextPublisher: Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 302 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type: - cartographic image
- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781486301713
- Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks
- Australia -- Australian Alps
- Australian Capital Territory -- Namadgi National Park
- New South Wales -- Kosciuszko National Park
- Victoria -- Alpine National Park
- Kosciuszko National Park (N.S.W.) -- Description and travel
- Namadgi National Park (A.C.T.) -- Description and travel
- Alpine National Park (Vic.) -- Description and travel
- Australian Alps (N.S.W. and Vic.) -- Description and travel
- Namadgi National Park (A.C.T.) -- Guidebooks
- Kosciuszko National Park (N.S.W.) -- Guidebooks
- Alpine National Park (Vic.) -- Guidebooks
- Australian Alps (N.S.W. and Vic.) -- Guidebooks
- Australian
- 919.44 23
- DU180.A8 S53 2015
- Also available via the World Wide Web.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | State Botanical Collection | RBG | 919.44 AUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | RBG00021583 |
Originally published: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 Australia’s Alps: the Brindabellas, the Snowy Mountains and Victoria’s High Country -- 2 Alpine weather and climate -- 3 The shape of the Alps: geology, landform and soil -- 4 Alpine vegetation: what grows where? -- 5 Alpine animals -- 6 Aboriginal life in the Alps -- 7 Settlement and land use in the Alps: pastoralism -- 8 Science in the Alps -- 9 Gold mining in the Alps: then and now -- 10 Source of the rivers: alpine water resources -- 11 The road to conservation -- 12 Visiting the parks.
This fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks introduces the reader to Australia's highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature conservation. Written by a specialist with over 25 years' experience in community education in and about the Australian Alps National Parks, this new edition features many excellent natural history and historical photographs. Ideal as support information for field trips, it will make a wonderful memento of an alpine visit.
Also available via the World Wide Web.
